The Lao government has declared the Vientiane–China high speed rail project (54,064.8 billion kip) to be a priority transport project. The 421 km rail route will pass through Boten, Luang, and Namtha provinces to Vientiane, the...
Read MoreThe China Development Bank will provide a loan worth 5,097.54 billion kip to Nam Ou River Basin Hydropower Company Limited – a joint venture (JV) between Sinohydro (15 per cent stake) and Electricite du Laos (85 per cent). The...
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Read MoreMalaysia’s Pestech Sendirian Berhad has won a turnkey contract worth 226.3 billion kip from Laos’ state-owned power company Electricite du Laos for the construction of a 40 km long, 115 kV double-circuit transmission line in the...
Read MoreThe German government will provide aid worth $534 million to finance Indonesia’s geothermal energy development programme. A project site has been identified at Seulawah Agam in Aceh province for the development of a geothermal...
Read MoreState-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia I (Pelindo I) plans to establish five subsidiaries to meet the high demand of the country’s maritime industry and help boost its revenue. The 2008 Shipping Law has changed the...
Read MoreTelecommunications tower provider PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk plans to issue bonds worth 1 trillion rupiah in mid-October 2013. According to reports, the firm has appointed PT HSBC Securities and PT Indo Premier...
Read MoreIndonesian telecommunications provider Indosat has launched a universal mobile telecommunications system 900 MHz network in Bali. The operator will be providing data services of speeds up to 42 Mbps under the “Super Internet”...
Read MoreThe Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has signed an agreement with its lenders to resolve the dispute over the loan it had earlier taken for acquiring a stake in PT Axis Telekom Indonesia. STC had raised $1.2 billion from banks such...
Read MoreState-owned port service company PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Pelindo III) has revealed its plan to build a monorail that will connect the Lamong Bay container terminal with Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya. The project is...
Read MoreThe mass rapid transit (MRT) project in Jakarta is set to take off by end-October 2013 as the project tenders for elevated civil works have been completed. Project operator PT MRT Jakarta has announced that consortiums of...
Read MoreAccording to reports, domestic and overseas buyers will now be purchasing the government-owned LNG from state-run oil and gas firm Pertamina, and not from the beleaguered gas regulator SKK Migas. Pertamina will be authorised to...
Read MoreThe Indonesian government has invited tenders for 18 oil and natural gas working areas. Two of the blocks – East Seringapatam block at offshore East Nusa Tenggara and the Eternal East Block at offshore Maluku – will be offered...
Read MoreFDC Utilities, Inc. is in talks with Brunei National Petroleum Company Sendirian Berhad (Petroleum Brunei) to discuss a possible liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement. FDC Utilities has expressed interest in supplying LNG...
Read MoreBrunei’s telecommunications regulator, Authority for Infocommunications Technology Industry (AITI), has begun the consultation process to develop a tariff regulation framework for the country’s telecommunications and...
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